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title: "Wind at altitude for drones: wind profile from 10 m to 4,200 m"
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# Wind profile by altitude

> Wind and estimated gusts at 12 heights from 10 m to 4,200 m, so you know what your drone will meet when it climbs.

**Pro**

*Last updated: 2026-10-14*

![Wind profile screen listing the wind speed at each altitude from 10 m to 4,200 m, each marked against the drone limits.](https://droneweatherforecast.app/assets/img/screens/en/wind.webp)

The wind at the ground is not the wind your drone meets at 120 m. The **wind profile** lists the wind speed and estimated gusts at **10, 80, 120, 180, 320, 500, 800, 1,000, 1,500, 1,900, 3,000 and 4,200 metres** for the selected hour.

## Why it matters

- Wind usually increases with height: a calm day at the ground can be windy at the height you film.
- A drone that climbs into stronger wind uses more battery to come back against it.
- Each level is compared with the limit of your drone, so you see at which height it stops being safe.

## Choose the height you fly at

In the settings you pick the altitude used by the home screen, so the verdict reflects the wind at the height you actually fly. When a forecast source has no data for that height, the app says so and shows the 10 m values instead of inventing numbers.

The altitude winds come from Open-Meteo, also when the main source is [Apple WeatherKit or WeatherAPI](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/weather-sources). The guide [wind at altitude](https://droneweatherforecast.app/guides/wind-at-altitude) explains why the wind changes with height.

## More features

- [Safe-to-fly verdict](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/safe-to-fly-verdict)
- [7-day hourly forecast](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/hourly-forecast)
- [Wind speed, gusts and direction](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/wind-and-gusts)
- [KP index and geomagnetic storms](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/kp-index)
- [Visible GNSS satellites](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/gps-satellites)
- [No-fly zone map](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/no-fly-zone-map)
- [Photo spots: where to fly](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/photo-spots)
- [Limits for your drone model](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/drone-limits)
- [Multiple drones](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/multiple-drones)
- [Hourly forecast table](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/forecast-table)
- [Wind compass](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/wind-compass)
- [Choice of weather source](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/weather-sources)
- [Favourite places](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/favourite-places)
- [Pre-flight checklists](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/preflight-checklist)
- [Pilot community](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/pilot-community)
- [Your units, your language](https://droneweatherforecast.app/features/units-and-languages)

## Check the wind for your drone before every flight

Drone Weather Forecast compares the hourly forecast, gusts, KP index and satellites with your drone model. Free on Android and iOS, no ads.

- [Get it on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.droneweather.app)
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